House debates
Monday, 24 February 2014
- Lions House (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate Lions House on the opening of their new home at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital. I was delighted to be able to attend the official opening by His Excellency the... - Black Saturday Cruise (1 speech)
As all members of the House would be aware, we have just had the fifth anniversary of the tragic Black Saturday fires in Victoria and there have been a number of memorial services for those... - Problem Gambling (1 speech)
Next month residents of the City of Whittlesea will be taking up the challenge to 'March Away from Gambling'. Local neighbourhood houses and community groups have banded together to run a series... - Touched by Olivia Foundation (1 speech)
In November 2006, John and Justine Perkins tragically lost their baby daughter Olivia, at just eight months old, to a rare illness. As a father of three children, I cannot begin to imagine what... - International Mother Language Day (1 speech)
Friday, 21 February was International Mother Language Day, an international day commemorated by UNESCO in 1999 and selected no doubt because of the history of 21 February in the fight to speak... - Drought (1 speech)
I would like to draw the attention of the House to the dire situation facing farmers in Queensland and New South Wales. While some rain had fallen over the weekend on very parched land, there are... - Morrison, Mr Brendon (1 speech)
It is with great sadness that I am again using the opportunity of a member's statement to pay tribute to a much loved and tireless member of the ACT Labor Party lost too soon. Brendon Morrison, a... - Bushfires: Belair National Park (1 speech)
Two weeks ago, on a catastrophic fire day, bushfires broke out in Belair National Park, 800 hectares of natural bushland, in my electorate. I would first like to congratulate the emergency... - Blair Electorate: Unemployment (1 speech)
The front page of last Saturday's The Queensland Times revealed the very disturbing news that the unemployment rate in Ipswich is at its highest level in the last 15 years. The Ipswich... - Hindmarsh Electorate: Fundraising (1 speech)
I was recently proud to attend and support a heart-warming fundraising event in my electorate of Hindmarsh. West Beach Surf Life Saving Club held their second annual Pink Swim, raising around... - Kingston Electorate: Rail (1 speech)
Sunday was a good day for the people in my electorate. On Sunday the first electric trains rolled off the Seaford Rail Extension. This was a great project that was supported by federal and state... - Swan Electorate: West Coast Eagles (1 speech)
I advise the House that on 12 February I co-hosted 'An evening with the West Coast Eagles' with the member for Curtin in Parliament House. We helped organise the event to raise awareness and... - Fremantle Tales (1 speech)
It was my pleasure on the Saturday before last to launch a book called Fremantle Tales by author Ian Darroch at the old Woodman Point Quarantine Station in my electorate. As a work of... - Axonal Neuropathy (1 speech)
I would like to share with the House some of the lyrics from local musician and rap artist Nathan Tessman. These are his words from Fly Away: Some days in my life wanted to spread my wings and... - Greenway Electorate: Access (1 speech)
I rise to update the House about my local community's campaign to improve access at Pendle Hill and Toongabbie train stations. Despite the New South Wales Liberal government's promise to... - Durack Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
On 6 and 7 February I had the pleasure of hosting Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development the Hon. Jamie Briggs and Minister for Finance Senator the Hon. Mathias Cormann in... - Braddon Electorate: Mr Trevor Kingston (1 speech)
In my electorate throughout the north-west coast, west coast and King Island communities there is example after example of tireless volunteers making our community what it is. It is an honour for... - Port Kembla Copper Stack (1 speech)
Last Thursday the Illawarra community witnessed the fall of an icon. At 11.13 am the 200 metre tall Port Kembla copper stack—a figure which had dominated the industrial skyline of the... - Lyons Electorate: Mr Robert George Loone (2 speeches)
I publicly acknowledge one of my community stalwarts who is genuinely a person who could claim a life well spent. So many people turned up to Robert George Loone's funeral at Deloraine in...
